Guide for sheet-metal piling.



C. S. FRIDDLE.

GUIDE FOR SHEET METAL FILING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY1,I914.

Patented. Apr 13, 1915.

ATTO R N EY THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITYHOH WASHINGTON. D. C.

CLAUDE SYDNEY FRIDDLE, OF DAYTON, ALABAMA.

GUIDE FOR SHEET-METAL FILING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLAUDE S. FRIDDLE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMarengo and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Guide forSheet-Metal Piling, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a guide for sheet metal piling.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand efficient device adapted for guiding and supporting sheet metalpiling while the same is being driven into the ground at an embankmentor other place, and capable of enabling relatively thin interlockingsheet metal piling to be handled and driven by unskilled labor and withthe use of an ordinary pile driver without bending the piling.

With these and other objects in view,'the invention consists in theconstruction, and novel combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accom panying drawing, and pointed out inthe claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

in the drawing :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a guide, constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown applied to the sheet metalpiling. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 22 ofFig. 1. F ig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the bottom section of theguide. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the driv-- ing cap.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred formof the invention, the guide, which consists of a plurality of sections1, 2 and 3, is designed for driving relatively thin sheet metal pilingcomposed of members 4:, having their vertical side edges bent inwardlyto form inter interlocking hook-shaped portions 5, which ridelongitudinal grooves 6 to receive the interlocking hook-shaped portionsof the contiguous piling members. The piling Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 1, 1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.. Serial No. 835,654.

members are maintained in their interlocked relation by means oflongitudinal bars 7, secured by rivets or other suitable fasteningdevices to the piling members in spaced relationwith one of the inwardlybent side edges thereof. The lower ends 8 of each piling member 4 issharpened to enable it to penetrate readily the ground, and each pilingmember is driven separately by an ordinary pile driver. In driving thefirst piling member, both grooves will be closed to prevent them fromfilling up with earth. In driving each subsequent piling member,the'groove at one edge is closed and the hook-shaped engaging portion atthe opposite edge is slidably engaged with the ad jacent engagingportion of the contiguous piling member.

The piling guide is employed to enable long thin sheet metal pilingmembers to be driven into the ground by a pile driver without bendingthem. Each of the sections 1, 2 and 3 of the guide is composed of twoseparable side pieces having flat vertical side edges or flanges 9,fitted together and provided at intervals with registering perforationsfor the reception of bolts 10, which are preferably equipped with wingednuts 11. The side pieces, which are longitudinally grooved or bowedbetween the flat side edges or flanges 9 to form longitudinal open ings12, are adapted when separated to be placed on either side of the pilingmember and to be bolted together to form an upright guide and supportfor the piling member, which is guided in the opening 12 adjacent to theside flanges 9. By this construction, the guide may be placed inposition around a sheet metal piling member while the same is supportedat the upper end by the hoisting device of a pile driver. The sidepieces are further bowed or offset at 18 between the side guidingportions of the openings to provide a space for coupling plates 14-,located at opposite faces of the piling member and adapted to connecttwo sections thereof and secured to the same by rivets 15 or othersuitable fastening devices, which have their heads countersunk in thesaid coupling plates. lln driving the piling, the members arealternately arranged in reverse posltions to slidably interlock theirengaging por tions, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the draw ing, and thecentral enlargements of the longitudinal opening 12 formed by the offsetthe coupling plates. The coupling plate, which is located at the side towhich the longitudinal bar is secured, does not require thecentralenlargement of the opening 12, but the enlargement is necessary toaccommodate the other coupling plate, and the reverse arrangement of thepiling members necessitates such enlargement at both sides of thesections of the guide.

"The bottomsection 1 of the guide is provided with an enlarged base,adapted to rest upon the ground and consisting of horizontal flanges 16braced by inclined plates'17 riveted, or otherwise secured to theflanges and to the side pieces above the lower ends thereof. The lowersection 1 is also provided at the top with horizontal attaching flanges18 having perforations 19 for the reception of bolts 20, which also passthrough perforations of lower attaching flanges 21 of the intermedatesection 2. The section is provided at the top with a horizontalattaching flange 22, which is detachably secured to a bottom attachingflange 23 of the top section by bolts 24. The horizontal attachingflanges of the sections are supported by in- I clined bracing plates 2%,riveted or otherwise secured to the side plates or pieces and to theattaching flanges. The bolts 20 and 24, which are equipped with thumb,nuts,

enable the sections of the vertical guide tobe readily separated andassembled. It is unnecessary to provide an attaching flange at the'upperend of the top section. In the accompanying drawing a guide consistingof three: sections is shown to illustrate the character of sectionsemployed, but any number of intermediate sections may, of course, beused to provide a guide of the desired length, and each of the sideplates or pieces of the sectionsis provided with a loop 25, forming ahandle to enable the sections to be readily grasped by the operator andalso to enable them to be lifted by a hoisting device, which may be usedin placing the upper sections in position.

The piling may be driven into the ground flush with the surface'thereof,or it may be left in a projecting position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, and to permit this projecting arrangement, the bottomsection 1 of the guide is cut away at one side at 26- to provide alateral opening to enable a portion of the previously driven pilingmember to extend into the lower portion of the "bottom section 1, whichfits over the interlocking joint, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing. The side plates or pieces of the bottom section are provided atthe cut away portion 26 with stiifening ribs 27, formed by groovingtheside plates or pieces at the inner faces thereof; When the piling isdriven in flush with the surface of the ground, it isunnecessary to cutaway thetom section may be left continuous like the side flanges of theintermediate and upper sections.

In driving long piling members, the latter may be handled by thehoisting mechanism of an ordinary pile driver, and four or four and ahalf feet of the upper portion of the piling member is left exposed, asshown in Fig. 1 for the action of the pile driver. The sections aredesigned to be approximately four or four and a half feet in length, asthis length of thin sheet metal piling may be readily driven by a piledriver without bending the material. As the piling member is driven intothe ground the sections are successively removed by unbolting the sideplates or pieces from each other and from the next lower section untilthe bottom one is reached and removed by taking out the side bolts.

In order to prevent the pile driver or other driving means from bendingor denting the upper edge of the piling member and injuring the sidegrooves thereof, a driving cap 28 is employed. The driving head, whichis constructed of steel or other suitable material, is provided with agroove 29 to receive the upper end of the piling member, and the groovedportion is recessed and. cut away at 30 at the ends of the driving headto permit the side walls or flanges formed by the groove to extenddownwardly between the interlocking side portions of the piling member,while the terminal portions 31 of the head project over the saidinterlocking portions, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

What is claimed is 1. A sheet piling guide having a longitudinal openingprovided with interior guiding and supporting faces, said guideincluding separable sections detachably supported in a vertical positionone upon another, whereby they are adapted to be assembled around thesheet piling member and successively removed during the driving of thesaid piling member.

2. A vertical sheet piling guide composed of separable sectionsdetachably supported one upon another and provided with registeringlongitudinal openings to receive a sheet piling member, said sectionsbeing provided with faces and arranged to guide and support the saidpiling member.

3. A guide for sheet metal piling includ ing a plurality of separablesections arranged vertically one upon the other and detachably securedtogether and forming a continuous guide opening adapted to receive asheet metal piling member.

i. A guide for sheet metal piling including a plurality of separablesections detachably secured together one upon the other and composed ofseparable side pieces adapted to be assembled around a sheet metalpiling member and forming a continuous guide opening for the same.

5. A guide for sheet metal piling including a plurality of separablesections having longitudinal openings and arranged one upon the other toform a continuous guide and provided at their contiguous ends withattaching flanges, said sections being also composed of separable sidepieces and adapted to be assembled around a sheet metal piling member,and fastening means for securing the attaching flanges together.

6. A guide for sheet metal piling including a plurality of separablesections detachably secured together and composed of side plates havingabutting side flanges and grooved or bowed between the same to form aguide opening, and fastening devices for securing the abutting flangesand the adjacent ends together.

7. A guide for sheet metal piling including a plurality of sectionsarranged one above another and provided with longitudinal openingsforming a continuous guide for a sheet metal piling member, saidsections being also offset at opposite sides of the openings to formenlargements of the same to permit the passage of coupling means whensectional piling is operated on, and means for detachably securing thesections together.

G'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, 'byaddressing the 8. A guide for sheet metal piling including a pluralityof separable sections, each composed of detachable side pieces providedwith abutting side flanges and bowed between the same to form an openingand centrally offset at the bowed portion to form enlargements of theopening, said side pieces having guiding faces at opposite sides of theoffset portions, and means for securing the abutting flanges together.

9. A guide for sheet metal piling including a bottom section provided atits lower end with a base and having a longitudinal opening and cut awayat one side to form a lateral opening to enable the bottom sections tobe placed over a projecting piling member.

10. A guide for sheet metal piling including a plurality of verticallyarranged separable sections composed of side pieces provided withabutting side flanges and grooved between the same to form alongitudinal opening, the side flanges of the bottom section being cutawayat one side to form a lateral opening, and means for securing theside flanges together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE SYDNEY FRIDDLE.

Witnesses:

E. C. BROWDER, J. G. Bnownnn.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

